sam stein. i've got to say -- >> hello. >> -- this crew right here looks tan, mike barnicle. >> i'm seething with resentment already. >> i'm going to look at some of these numbers, joe. and we'll get you in on this. the republican presidential field now on the ground in new hampshire for a big push before tuesday's primary. mitt romney looking to lock up back to back wins. and if you look at the polls, he's going to do it going away. the latest poll after the iowa caucuses shows romney leading the back in new hampshire by 30 p points, 47 support. but look at this poll, joe. i don't know if you've seen this yet this morning. >> yeah. >> which candidate has the best shot at beating president obama? mitt romney, 65%. this is among likely primary voters in the state of new hampshire, 65% say he has the best shot. number two on that list, joe, newt gingrich at 9%. the number two guy is at 9%. so a 56-point split between on the electability question in new hampshire. >> yeah, you know right now, willi

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. >> huffington post's sam stein on the chaos in carolina. stephen colbert joke run is exposing the joke that citizens united. bernie sanders is here tonight. >> now that i have the super pac -- can i run as supporting stephen colbert? >> yes, you can as long as you do not coordinate. >> good to have you with us tonight, thanks for watching, republicans and democrats spent the week hammering mitt romney for his record at bain capital. today the obama campaign got in on the action and we'll have more on that coming up in the program. >>> i've said all week romney is going to have to come clean with the american people and talk about his record at bain. romney's campaign thinks this television ad is an adequate response. >> this is the business mitt romney helped start. and this one. and this steel mill. mitt romney helped create and ran a company that invested in struggling businesses. grew new ones and rebuilt old ones. creating thousands of jobs. those are the facts. >> all right, if romney wants to talk about facts, we could talk about fact

but in new hampshire, sam stein, it's always unpredictable.is either stagnant or going down. we saw rick santorum at this college convention. and after that, the tracking poll showed him going down three points, because that's just not a new hampshire message. hunts man lived in the state, he's given the message, sometimes in mandarin chinese. that's a problem. but if there was a candidate to worry about, it would be huntsman. >> i think huntsman also to mika's point, if he runs as a third party, it's got to take some of these strength away. if americans elect him, what else does he have to do? >> there's not going to be a thir third party. >> the history of voting in this country can be summed up by this, it's always, i like him but. so the assault on huntsman, i like him but, if you take the but out of the equation in people's minds, i like him, maybe i will vote for him. there's no more butt. i like him but he'll never win. take out the but. >> the republicans speaking mandarin at a debate. >> i thought it was outrageous. >> who talks about

with us onset, we've got the political writer for the huffington post sam stein, and the host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. and we've got msnbc and "time" magazine senior editor mark haleprin. and the great willie geist is up in new york. >> adorable. >> i don't know if you knew this or not, willie was once a ship captain. >> well -- >> and hit a wave and he just jumped off the ship. >> that's just -- we're not going to make light of this. >> i'm not making light of it. i'm talking about this candidate. >> joe, check out the -- >> i mean, willie geist, what this captain what a -- >> there you go right there. >> always count on the "new york post" calling him the chicken of the sea. we're going to play these later. we have audio recordings of the coast guard screaming at this guy as he made off in a lifeboat to get back with the ship to help the coast guard figure out how many people were onboard, how many needed help as he floated away in his lifeboat. it's remarkable. we'll play it later. >> he ran out of there. and by the way, that sarah palin news is pretty big. sarah

. >> michael steele and sam stein. >> told ya.rs, there's no doubt, mitt romney outperformed most expectations. the tracking polls showed that he was slipping day in and day out, 39%. he finished strong. >> and he can put iowa behind him now. >> he can put iowa, new hampshire behind him. he did make history last night. ron paul, let's talk about ron paul because very few people have been talking about ron paul for the last week. they've been focusing on huntsman, we've been focusing on huntsman. looking at tracking polls. most people thought huntsman would jump ron paul. ron paul has something this election cycle, michael steele, that nobody else has. >> that's right. >> a loyal, driven -- >> dedicated. >> fervent -- >> -- base. the type of which if i were going to political war -- >> you'd want. >> that is the group i want. they will stay with him no matter what. >> uncle ronnie's in the house. >> yeah, baby. >> he's in the house. >> let me get this straight -- we've got huntsman -- huntsman -- >> keeping track. >> a home boy. >>

and i think it was sam stein said on your program that the huntsman campaign is praying to get a podiumpot next to romney so huntsman can go after romney. i think for all of these reasons, mitt romney's going to have a difficult time at these debates. and the question is, will he get testy as he's known to do. >> mark haleprin, in the end, it all comes down to math and these moderates are going to vote for mitt romney. and if you want to get from 8% to 11% or 11% to 15%, you are fighting for the same conservative votes in the same pot. that's -- people haven't been avoiding mitt romney because they're scared of him or because they like him, they've been avoiding him because they know they're not going to get his votes. how is that going to change this weekend? >> sets up very well for mitt romney. as you say they all want in theory, they recognize they must go after mitt romney. now or never. but they're still competing with each other to be the romney alternative. you saw yesterday, newt gingrich was asked by a voter, how do you compare yourself to rick santorum? and he said i love ric